Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Starting with Alice.
| Publisher | Horn Book, Inc. |
| Publication | The Horn Book Magazine |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0018-5078 |
| Issues per Year | 6 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Published | 2002-09-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Kitty Flynn |
| Reviewee | n/a | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
181 pp. Atheneum 9/02 ISBN 0-689-84395-X 15.95 g (Intermediate)
This is the first of three planned prequels to the popular fifteen-book series, and as such is appropriately geared toward younger readers (many of whom may already be fans of the teenaged Alice). Naylor introduces readers to eight-year-old Alice McKinley, the new girl in third grade who's just moved from Chicago to Takoma Park, Maryland. Characters and events fleetingly mentioned in the previous books are handled with more depth: the oft-referred-to Donald Sheavers; an uncle's sudden death two days into his...
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